Annual Report of the American Historical AssociationU.S. Government Printing Office, 1897 |
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... considered in the fourth more gener- ally contemplated substantial alterations than confirmatory enactment . About four hundred propositions have been intro- duced during this time ; 1 two classes command attention , the one and the ...
... considered in the fourth more gener- ally contemplated substantial alterations than confirmatory enactment . About four hundred propositions have been intro- duced during this time ; 1 two classes command attention , the one and the ...
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... considered attempt to follow in their foot- steps . Report of the committee of the New York State Bar Association , 1890. Reports of the Association , Vol . Xш , p . 142 . CHAPTER II . PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FORM OF ...
... considered attempt to follow in their foot- steps . Report of the committee of the New York State Bar Association , 1890. Reports of the Association , Vol . Xш , p . 142 . CHAPTER II . PROPOSED AMENDMENTS AFFECTING THE FORM OF ...
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... considered desirable innovations ; from time to time in subsequent years various other propositions to change the organization or powers of the legislative body have been made . The class of amendments dealing with the organization of ...
... considered desirable innovations ; from time to time in subsequent years various other propositions to change the organization or powers of the legislative body have been made . The class of amendments dealing with the organization of ...
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... repealed . 6 These are considered in par . 128 . * App . , No. 264. Rejected September 7 , 1789 . United States Bank from Congress . The original motion was PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . 29 Qualification of members of Congress.
... repealed . 6 These are considered in par . 128 . * App . , No. 264. Rejected September 7 , 1789 . United States Bank from Congress . The original motion was PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION . 29 Qualification of members of Congress.
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... considered this necessary , but thought that the object desired by Mr. Crain could be obtained by law . It was further shown that by the Senate amendment the short session would be made into a long one , and thus give Congress more time ...
... considered this necessary , but thought that the object desired by Mr. Crain could be obtained by law . It was further shown that by the Senate amendment the short session would be made into a long one , and thus give Congress more time ...
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Page 209 - ... time recommend that all citizens of the United States who shall have remained loyal thereto throughout the rebellion shall (upon the restoration of the constitutional relation between the United States and their respective States and people, if that relation shall have been suspended or disturbed) be compensated for all losses by acts of the United States, including the loss of slaves.
Page 143 - That the supreme court of the United States shall consist of a chief justice and five associate justices...
Page 14 - Resolved that provision ought to be made for the amendment of the Articles of Union whensoever it shall seem necessary, and that the assent of the National Legislature ought not to be required thereto.
Page 164 - The powers not delegated by this Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively.
Page 209 - All slaves who shall have enjoyed actual freedom by the chances of the war, at any time before the end of the rebellion, shall be forever free; but all owners of such, who shall not have been disloyal, shall be compensated for them...
Page 169 - The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Page 136 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services; which, not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator or judge to be hereditary.
Page 52 - Indians not taxed ; provided, that whenever the elective franchise shall be denied or abridged in any State on account of race or color, all persons of such race or color shall be excluded from the basis of representation.
Page 164 - First, that it be explicitly declared that all Powers not expressly delegated by the aforesaid Constitution are reserved to the several States to be by them exercised.
Page 258 - Their patriotism would certainly prefer its continuance and application to the great purposes of the public education, roads, rivers, canals, and such other objects of public improvement as it may be thought proper to add to the constitutional enumeration of federal powers.